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For use on questions about the films, television series, and other media based upon the 1984 movie "The Terminator", directed by James Cameron. Use with the specific work tags if relevant, such as [the-terminator] or [terminator-genisys].

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Was the first T-800 sent from Europe?

Was the first T-800 sent from a Europen country? I understand why all the later versions of the Arnold model sounded like the first one. But why did the first one have a thick accent? The T2 version o …
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8 votes
2 answers
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At what point does the biological portion of the (Arnold) Terminators fail?

In the film franchise we see the Terminator(s) get shot, burned, flayed and smashed. In T1, it begins to rot without medical attention. In T2, Uncle Bob tells Sarah Connor that it will heal as she tre …
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12 votes
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When the liquid metal terminators change their appearence, do they still feel like metal?

When the liquid metal Terminators change their appearence, does the skin portion feel like skin and their clothing feel like clothes, or do the Terminators feel like liquid metal no matter what they o …
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6 votes
1 answer
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Was there more to the Terminatrix's mission than killing John Connor's lieutenants?

In Terminator 2 Judgement Day, Uncle Bob(Arnold) says it can't self-terminate. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, we see a mushroom cloud when Arnie tosses its' damaged power cell and the cell exp …
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15 votes
1 answer
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How much of a deterrent is deep and wide water to the Terminators depicted in the Terminator...

Is there any canon information regarding how much of a deterrent deep and wide water would be to the infiltration units depicted in the Terminator Universe?
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14 votes
4 answers
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How is it possible for a single strike to shut down Skynet in the future?

How can the Resistance shut down Skynet in the future? According to the voiceover at the end of the Rise of the Machines: There was no system core; it could not be shutdown. and yet in Termina …
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21 votes
3 answers
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Why does Reese fall out of the sky?

Why does Kyle Reese fall out of the sky onto the sidewalk when he travels back in time while all of the Terminators we see arriving in the franchise do so safely crouched in a stasis energy orb?
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16 votes
3 answers
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How did John Connor get an intact Terminator to send back in time?

Is there a backstory that explains how John Connor got an intact Terminator to reprogram and send back in time? The Terminator: "My mission is to protect you." John Connor: "Yeah? Who sent you?" The …
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7 votes
1 answer
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What happened to the chunks of Terminator that didn't get crushed?

In T1, Reece blows the lower half of the bare metal Terminator off with a pipe bomb. Pieces as big as a lower leg were visible after the explosion. The second film showcases the uncrushed arm and a Te …
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9 votes
3 answers
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In T1, was Skynet's actual goal to kill Sarah Connor, or to spawn Skynet itself?

We know that without the union of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese, John Connor would not have been born, and we know that without the remnants of the T-800, Skynet would not have been developed. Is it eve …
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6 votes
1 answer
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Why didn't the T-800 Arnold-bot fulfill its mission in the parking garage before the Police ...

I'm looking for an in-universe answer as to why the T-800 chose to escape from its vehicle rather than terminate Sarah Connor after crashing the Police car into the parking garage wall just prior to R …
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5 votes
2 answers
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From how many different timelines did SKYNET send Terminators back to kill a Connor?

Back? Back from where? From how many different timelines did SKYNET send a Terminator (or more) back in time in order to kill a Connor in the Terminator film franchise and the Sarah Connor Chronicals …
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